一条曲折的道路 meaning in English

a twisty road

Like other great russian composers , tschaikovsky arrived at music by a circuitous route , almost by accident
同许多俄国的伟大作曲家一样，柴可夫斯基经历了一条曲折的道路才到达音乐的国土，并且几乎是出于偶然。
From the ancient literature education represented as " poem education " to the discussion about " practical writings " and " art writings " in late and contemporary days , from the implementation of the department instruction of " chinese " and " literature " in the 1950s after the foundation of new china to the " not regard chinese lesson as literature lesson " in the sixties and seventies , from the original " resumption " in the eighties and nineties to the whole " renaissance " of literature education in the late nineties and the beginning of 21st century , our literature education underwent a flexural way
从以“诗教”为代表的古代文学教育到近现代的“应用文”与“美术文”之争，从20世纪50年代实行“汉语” 、 “文学”分科教学到60 、 70年代“不要把语文课教成文学课” ，从80 、 90年代文学教育的初步“回复”到90年代末21世纪初文学教育的全面“复兴” ，我国的文学教育走过了一条曲折的道路。